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(No Model.)

F. KERRIGAN.

BUTTON 0B, 0RNAMBNT- No. 412,512. Patented 001;. 8, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

FRANK KERRIGAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLIN'OIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. J.ALTPETER, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON R ORNAMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 412,512, dated October8, 1889.

Application led December 8, 1888. Serial No. 293,059. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK KEEEIGAN, actizen of the United States, and aresident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and' useful Indicating Button or Ornament, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to devices-such as buttons or pins-for use on thegarments and clothes of children particularly, and has for its object toprovide some such article with convenient means whereby the name oraddress or other indicating-mark applicable to the wearer may becontained within such artic e.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-'-Figure 1 is a plan view of abutton wherein i my device is illustrated.Fig. 2 is a reverse view of the top. Fig. 3 is a bottom view. Fig. 4. isa view of the removable card. Fig. 5 is a cross-section.

Like parts are indicated by the same letter in all the figures.

A is a crown, shell, or top, which may be in any convenient form, and ishollow within and has a central screw-threaded aperture B.

C is a base-plate, with which is formed the stem D, which projects onopposite 'sides of such base-plate. The stem B has at one end the diskEand at the other the screw-threaded portion F. Continuous with theaperture B in the shell A is the screw-threaded sleeve G, which receivesthe screw-threaded portion of the stem F. The plate C is received into,though it may abut against, the edges of the crown or top A.

H is a removable disk of any desired material, upon which the name oraddress of the wearer may be placed. It is quite clear that these partsmaybe made in any desired shape, and for the base-plate C a pin or othersuitable fastening device could be substituted, and the crown or top Acould be in any desired shape.

The essential features of the structure are the button or pin,whichcontains an interior movable addressV or indicating plate or card.

.l is a star raised or impressed on the surface of the top. 4

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: The card H, ofpaper, board, or metal, may have inscribed thereon the name of thewearer or the address or other indicating sign or words, and it isplaced within the crown andl about the sleeve G, and the baseplate, withits stem, is then screwed into po.

- sition, so as to make a neat, ornamental, and

useful button, in which is contained the indicating-card. On the surfaceof the top A is placed a star, the points radiating from the center ofthe aperture B. This button so arranged* is now used, or a number ofthem might be used, in fastening the apparel of a person, as a child. Ifnow the child is lost or injured, or in t-he case of an adult killed,the persons examining the wearer will be notified by the star or otherindicating device on the outside of the button that the button iscapable of separation. The parts are then separated and the name andaddress of the wearer are learned.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The combination of the base-plate C, stem D, and disk E with theremovable crown A and indicating-card H, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination of a base-plate C, stem D, disk F., stem G, and crownA, removably secured to the stem G, substantially as shown anddescribed.

FRANK KERRIGAN.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. EELAND, C. P. CHAPMAN.

